Italian Open: Johanna Konta beats Irina-Camelia Begu in Rome
Konta reached the Rome final last year, losing to Czech fourth seed Karolina Pliskova British number one Johanna Konta made an impressive return to the clay as she eased past Romania qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu at the Italian Open. Konta, 29, played confidently and precisely to win 6-0 6-4 against 77th-ranked Begu in the second-round match. The seventh seed, who was given a first-round bye, won the opener in 29 minutes and maintained a good level. It was Konta’s first match on clay since losing in last year’s French Open semi-finals to Marketa Vondrousova. The world number 13 is...
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